The protests in the Ukraine that began last November in Kiev’s Independence Square – the Maidan – were staged to protest president Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to back out of a plan to join a trade agreement with the EU, in preference for joining the Eurasian Customs Union.

One of the highlights of the British parliamentary debate on Syria was the rousing speech delivered by Respect Party MP for Bradford West, George Galloway. He delivered with trademark conviction and elan, stating his opposition to any British involvement in an attack on Syria.

Harper government immigration minister, Jason Kenney, is pushing for additional ministerial powers that would allow him to bar people from Canada for “public policy considerations.” Considerations that aren’t clearly spelled out in Bill-C43 – otherwise known as the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act.

– Annie Lowrey reports on the evidence showing that the perpetually-increasing inequality pitched by the right as an economic plan actually serves to damage economic development: The yawning gap between the haves and the have-nots — and the political questions that gap has raised about the plight of . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links

Long time social justice and democracy activists fooled their foes on April Fools this year giving the world a double victory with Aung San Suu Kyi and George Galloway winning by-elections to restore voices for reason in the world.

George Galloway, the British MP banned in 2009 from entry into Canada has achieved a stunning electoral victory in the UK. Standing for the Respect Party, Galloway pulled off an historic victory in Bradford West. Not too shabby for a guy humiliated by Canada – dubbed “an infandous street corner Cromwell” by former Jason . . . → Read More: Drive-by Planet: George Galloway: stunning landslide victory in Bradford West